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L. NAHEMOW.

AUTOMATIC ILLUMINATING DEVICE FOR TALKING MACHINES.

' APPLICATION r1111) 050.5,1911.

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' citizen of the United S'tates, residing'at the city of New York, county of" Kings, and State of New York, have invented a new and-useful Improvement in Automatic 11111- minating Devices for Talking Machines, of which the "following is a specification.

This invention relates, to devices for the illnmination of talking machines" near the point of application of the needle to the record, one of the objects being t c-provide a self-contained electric light deviceoper' atedautomatic'ally bythe action of the'cover ofatalking'machine.

Another object of *this invention is the provision of a device of this character wherein a .standard size and form dry" cell battery could be. used and itsjremoval' or -ceeds, the invention resides in theconstrud figures, of which 7 allow an adjustment of the device, which is tion, combinationand arrangements of parts as will be hereinafter fully describedand claimed and illustratedin the accompanying drawing in which like characters of reference indicate likeparts"throughout the vice,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation, V Fig. 3 is a plan elevation, 1 Fig. 4 is a section on line l4 of Fig. '2, Fig. 5 is a side elevation showing the lid raised, f V

Fig; 6 is a detail view of the key.

The casing 1 is provided at its upper end with a recess 2 and contains astandardsize dry cell battery 3 having resilient. terminals 4 and 5. The bottomof the casing 1s provided with extensions 6 having slots 7 'to effected by a lateral movement of the same to or from the side 8 of the cover 9 of the talking machine, thus rendering it adaptable for coeperation with covers varying Application filedll leeember 5,;19157. Serial No. 205,679.

Figure lisaperspective view ofthe de-j n g V plateand is also prevented, by the recess '2 from comlng into contact with the walls in size or form. The casing is secured to the table 10 by' screwsll passing through slots 7 and, in amodified form, maybe formed with extensiens 6*butbottomless, in which event thetable 10' would serve asfa bottom for the"battery to restnpon. To thet'op offthe casingds hinged at12- an elongated ilid sl3 whichis formedwith a downwardly extending .cjatclr 11 4' adapted to engage the *bfoss 15 of the casing, whereby thejlid *is held firmly dawn; "and is provided at as nee nd 1e with mtegral lugs 17 which arebent upwardly and have per-forations 18.'; The contact l9 isformed with integrahbent downwardly lugs 20, and ar ranged to fit snugly' between the lugs-17, which, lugs Q'O-havej perforations 21 register with the perforations'l8z The outer end of the contact arin le is provided with notches22 adapted to-hold a soft-rubber ring -23'fwhichserves to protect the cover 8 from being scratched by the contact "arm when bearing- 'against it, and is bent downwardlyto provide a butt 24 for stopping the lid 13when same is raised fora-change of batteriesmrto get the lamp out ofthe way when access to the motor, not shown herein,":is desired. a

)This contactarm is connect'ed pivotally to the end 16 otthe lid 13 apin 25w'hich passesthrough the perforations- 18 and 21 On; the pin 'is mounted a spiraI-spring-LQG the end 27 i of which bears against thenpper side of the end -1'6,--while theother end-28 bears against the {under side of the 1 contact riveted a' hard rubber plate I 29 to whi h. "in

its turn is riveted a contact member 30 wliicl i pis insulated frbirithe lid -13 by said member is bent upwardly, so as to insure a good contact with the terminal 5, while i the outer end 32 is perforated to receive the socket 33 which is soldered or attached in any other suitable way to same and is threaded internally to receive a reflector 34 which in its turn is adapted to receive an electric lamp 35. "On thecontact arm 19 is mounted loosely a hard'rubber key 36 pro vided with a slot 37, for the manualbreaking or making of the electric circuit. In operation, when the cover of the talking machine is raised, the lid 13 being held arm. mTo the under sid'eflof thewlid 13 is t i down the catch forms a'contact with the terminal 4 of the battery, while the inner end of the contact arm owing to the upward pressure of the spiralspring, is in contact with a pole ofthelamp'; the end 31' of the contact member is then in contact with the terminal 5 of the battery and the end' 32 of the contact member in contact with the other.

pole of the lamp. As the contact arm is constantly in metalliccontactwith the lid at thepoints of their pivotalconnectiom'the circuit is thus completed. Upon lowering thefs id cover, the side 8 bearing: against 1 from; the pole 'of the lamp it was in 0011- tact with. Itis: obvious. that this device maybe; attached to any other base or. table andxused as, a; manually operable electric my inventionr H 7 7 Having described my invention What I claim as new and. desire to secure by Letters Patent is V 1. An illuminating deviceof theclass ides without departing from the 'spiritof scribed" comprising a casing, a battery con- 40 lamp terminal and tofcarry saidnkey, and

tained therein, an electric lamp,fa contact member connecting a lamp and battery 'terminal and arranged to'hold said lamp downwardly, a key for making and breaking the 2 electric circuit, a rocking contact member connected with the other battery terminal and arrangedito contact with the other connected to and insulated from xthewfirst mentionedcontact member.

2.1 An illuminating device of theclass described, comprising a casing, a battery con: tained therein, an electric lamp,,a fixed con;

tact member adapted to hold said and arranged to contact with one poleof the 7 battery'and'with one pole of the electric lamp and a rocking contact member connected to andinsulated from said fixed contact member and arranged in electrical contact with'the other pole of the :battery and to contact with the other pole of the electric lamp and to engage with its other end the cover of a talking machinelor the control ofthe electric circuit.

, .3. An illuminat ng deviceof the character described comprising a casing a; battery, an electric lamp support adapted 'to contact with a terminal of the battery, a pivotally mounted contact member controlling the lamp circuit and connectedto and insulated from said support, an electric lamp attached to said supportand projecting downwardly thereof and a keyffor making and breaking the electric circuit mounted on said contact member.

4;. An illuminating deirice of the character described comprising a casing, a battery an:

electric lamp support adapted to contact with a terminal'of the battery, a.pivotally mounted contact. member connected to l and insulated from. said support and having a r downwardly extending end arranged toikee'p the support and contact membersinupright position when changing batteries, an 6180-.

tric lampattached to said support andprojectingdownwardly thereof and a key for controlling the circuit mounted on said contact member and arranged to operate between ,the lamp support and said contact member.

In testimony whereof, I have signed' my name to this specification in the presence Lou s NirHnMowf 1' V t of two subscribing witnesses,' thisjhirt eth copier o this patent inay he olitained for ficejcents each, by addressing the Commissioner of l atents; ,1 w'aghm t D. c Y p V J 

